BarnyardEngineering
Well-known Member
- Location
- Rochester, NY
I got 3 of the 4 wagon tires mounted using the bicycle tube trick or a ratchet strap.
So tire #4... Confident I had the technique down, I installed the dry tire on the dry rim, slid the bicycle tube in place, and applied air. This time instead of pushing the tube out and off the rim as it came up on the bead, the tire grabbed the tube and sucked it in, pinching it and cutting the valve stem clean off before I could blink. Great.
So I tried starting fluid. As usual, big blowtorch and lit the tire on fire.
Got a 2" ratchet strap as someone suggested. Reefed on it for all I'm worth and then some. Could not get the tire beads anywhere near the rim.
After messing with it for two solid evenings, I put in a tube.
So tire #4... Confident I had the technique down, I installed the dry tire on the dry rim, slid the bicycle tube in place, and applied air. This time instead of pushing the tube out and off the rim as it came up on the bead, the tire grabbed the tube and sucked it in, pinching it and cutting the valve stem clean off before I could blink. Great.
So I tried starting fluid. As usual, big blowtorch and lit the tire on fire.
Got a 2" ratchet strap as someone suggested. Reefed on it for all I'm worth and then some. Could not get the tire beads anywhere near the rim.
After messing with it for two solid evenings, I put in a tube.